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Duncecap

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Just an FYI?

Pascal’s wager was satire.

He wasn’t very religious, (although he was highly affected by and effected the religious community to great extent), and Pascal’s wager does not apply where reason applies. He says as much in Pensees.

That religious people still use it to today shows their ignorance of mathematics, and the success of the satire.

(Indeed, it was somewhat strengthened, in their eyes, by his refutation of every other major religion in the rest of the book, but the book was mainly his normal use of satire, as seen in the Lettres Provinciales. I might remind you that he had something of a negative view of Jansenites from his dealing with them in Port Royal, (” . . .I’m beginning to suspect that they act most like a cult, swallowing inheritances and giving little back.” ). Also remember that religion, at the time, was BIG. Religious leaders had comparable power to that of Kings. So, that Pascal was so involved with religion does not mean that he was religious himself, (as many people bumume, proofless), just as being involved in politics in a capitalist country does not make you capitalist, nor a politician, nor someone who believes in the gov’t (non-religious sense)).

I’m looking about for a good math based article with no strong bias to explain it fully, however the most popular reference sources, (ie: wikipedia), are heavily influenced by religion, and most academic sources are heavily influenced by anti-religious sources. Neither are thus suitable.

Just understand that any of the logical fallacies you see there, such as false dilemma, are strawmen for a much stronger reason that one should NOT worship god, (any god). A mathematical and counter-intuitive result of decision theory on infinite rewards. (And of course, again, not an absolute reason)

Duncecap edited this message on 01/30/2010 12:15AM
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